Hwang Jae-won

Hwang Jae-Won
	Hwang with Suwon Bluewings in 2011
Personal information
Full name	Hwang Jae-won
Date of birth	13 April 1981 (age 43)
Place of birth	Seoul, South Korea
Height	1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
Team information
Current team	Pohang Steelers (scout)
Youth career
2001–2003	Ajou University
Senior career*
Years	Team
2004–2010	Pohang Steelers
2010–2011	Suwon Bluewings
2012–2014	Seongnam Ilhwa
2015	Chungju Hummel
2016–2018	Daegu FC
2018–2019	Daejeon Citizen
International career‡
2008–2011	South Korea
Managerial career
2018–2019	Daejeon Citizen (playing coach)
2020-2021	Singhal High School (coach)
2022-	Pohang Steelers (scout)
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 1 January 2019; ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 25 March 2014

Hwang Jae-Won (Korean: 황재원; born 13 April 1981) was a South Korean football defender.

Early life

Born in Ganghwa-gun, Incheon, he graduated from Ganghwa Middle School and Ganghwa High School. He graduated from Ajou University and accepted an offer to join Pohang Steelers, making his professional debut.

Club career

From his debut season, he scored two goals despite being a defender, attracting attention as a goal-scoring defender, and starting in 2007, he began playing as a solid starter and played a leading role in the team's league championship that season. He also scored a goal with a head in a 2-1 semi-play-off win over arch-rivals Ulsan Hyundai.

In 2009, he was appointed as the team captain at Pohang and continued its success by winning the AFC Champions League, placing 3rd in the FIFA Club World Cup, and finishing 2nd in the K-League Regular League.

He was at the peak of his career to the point where he pushed for an overseas transfer, but he switched to Suwon Samsung Bluewings midway through the 2010 season, but due to injuries in the middle of the season, he was absent frequently and was pushed out of the starting eleven.

He was traded with Jo Dong-Gun to join Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma, there he only played 9 games in 3 years, in 2013 he undergoing surgery and rehabilitation for a chronic injury.

After a year of rehabilitation Jae-Won made a comeback at Chungju Hummel, and moved to Daegu FC in 2016. As injuries became more frequent, it seemed like he was repeating the nightmare of injuries of the past.

At Daejeon he failed to play in a single game in the 2019 season, and his contract with Daejeon Citizen was terminated and he retired after that.

International career

Due to his performance in the 2007 season, he was selected by then national team coach Huh Jung-moo in 2008 and made his debut against Chile. Also he scored a dramatic equalizing goal in the 2011 AFC Asian Cup final between Korea and Japan in Qatar.

Club career statistics

As of 14 November 2011

Club performance			League		Cup		League Cup		Continental		Total
Season	Club	League	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
South Korea			League		KFA Cup		League Cup		Asia		Total
2004	Pohang Steelers	K-League	4	0	0	0	10	2	-		14	2
2005			0	0	0	0	0	0	-		0	0
2006			12	2	0	0	0	0	-		12	2
2007			28	2	5	2	4	0	-		37	4
2008			19	1	2	1	2	0	2	1	25	3
2009			18	1	1	0	5	0	10	1	34	2
2010			6	0	1	0	3	0	5	1	15	1
2010	Suwon Samsung Bluewings		9	2	0	0	2	0	2	0	13	2
2011	Suwon Samsung Bluewings		9	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	14	0
2012	Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma
Career total			105	8	9	3	26	2	24	3	164	16